Nick Johnson Assoc. CIPD

Experience

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  Virgin Atlantic

  May 2007 - now

  Ensure partnerships in portfolio are delivered to plan and meet targets, through a matrix management structure where that activity is delivered in other teams.Lead on strategy and proposition development to support your portfolio.Support on partnership growth opportunities across your team and partnerships.Support on development of New Business propositions proposals and pitches and allocate resourcing for new partnershipsManage the team to deliver on targets, meet agreed partnership,and personal development objectives.Inspire, motivate and build capability and capacity within the team through effective training, coaching and mentoring as well as sharing best practice.Identify, manage, influence and steward key decision makers in your portfolio of partners to enable long term commitments across the portfolio.Maintain expert knowledge of market and competitor activity and liaise with Research and Insight to maximise benefits.Resolve conflict to facilitate the future development of our corporate partnerships.Work with teams across Virgin Atlantic to plan best allocation of resources across your portfolio to maintain efficient and considered servicing of partnerships.Contribute to the development of the Corporate Partnerships and High Value strategies seeking opportunities. Show less Identify and assess future and current training needs through job analysis, career paths, annual performance appraisals and consultation with line managersDraw an overall or individualized training and development plan that addresses needs and expectationsMonitor and evaluate training program’s effectiveness, success and ROI periodically and report on themManage training budgetProvide opportunities for ongoing developmentResolve any specific problems and tailor training programs as necessaryMaintain a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practices Track record in designing and executing successful training programsFamiliarity with traditional and modern training methods (mentoring, coaching, on-the-job or in classroom training, e-learning, workshops, simulations etc)Excellent communication and leadership skillsAbility to plan, multi-task and manage time effectivelyStrong writing and record keeping ability for reports and training manuals Good computer and database skills Show less Produce training materials for in-house coursesmanage the delivery of training and development programmes and, in a more senior role, devise a training strategy for the organisationmonitor and review the progress of trainees through questionnaires and discussions with managersensure that statutory training requirements are metevaluate training and development programmesamend and revise programmes as necessary, in order to adapt to changes occurring in the work environmenthelp line managers and trainers solve specific training problems, either on a one-to-one basis or in groupskeep up to date with developments in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings and attending relevant courseshave an understanding of e-learning techniques, and where relevant, be involved in the creation and/or delivery of e-learning packagesresearch new technologies and methodologies in workplace learning and present this research.Design and expand training and development programmes based on the needs of the organisation and the individualwork in a team to produce programmes that are satisfactory to all relevant parties in an organisation, consider the costs of planned programmes and keep within budgets as assessing the return on investment develop effective induction programmes Show less

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